Last year I started a series doing DIY projects for under $15. I don’t know why it only lasted for a few weeks because I had so much fun making this polka dot infinity scarf, and this jewelry holder. I’ve been having the itch to get back into crafty things and wanted to make a fun pillow for Valentine’s this year. Pom-poms have been huge over the last year, and I’ve seen them everywhere, on everything. I thought making a heart pillow using pom-poms for the heart would be super fun, and I was right. Bonus points because this pillow was incredibly easy to put together.
Supplies:
White Pillow
Pen
Red, White, Pink Pom-Poms
Heart Printout
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue
Scissors
Directions:
On your computer, go into paint and using the heart tool, make one large heart that will fill an entire 8×11.5 piece of paper. If you’re good at drawing you can skip this step and draw the heart straight onto the pillow with your pen. Print out your heart and then cut it out. Use the hear cutout to trace your heart shape onto the center of your pillow.
Using your hot glue gun, dab some glue onto a pom-pom and then adhere it to the pillow. Do the entire outline of the hear first, and then fill in the middle.
How to impress your mum with a pressed flower artwork
I like unique and one of a kind gifts. Here is how I make a pressed flower artwork for my loved ones.
What you need :
Paper in any size and colour
Frame to suit your paper size
Scissors
Craft glue or stick glue
Flowers/leaves/petals to press
Pencil and eraser
Paper towel
Tissue paper
Microwave
A dog (optional)
Step one: Take your dog for a walk.
Step Two: Gather as many as flowers and leaves you can.
Pro tip 1: Purple orange and yellow flowers are the best for pressing.
Pro tip 2: Stay away from white flowers they tend to turn brown during the pressing process.
Step Three: Go back home.
Step Four: Give your dog food and water.
Step Five: Organise your flowers and leaves.
Pro tip 3: If you have found bigger flowers, pull them apart carefully. Petals are easier to dry.
Step Six: Play your favourite playlist.
Step Seven: On a dry flat surface, put down a paper towel and then a tissue paper on top of that. Tissue paper protects your flowers from paper towel imprints (pro tip 4)
Step Eight: Put your flowers on top of the tissue paper, put another tissue paper on top of them and another paper towel on top of that.
Step Nine: Repeat Step 8 for three layers at the most. I prefer one or two layers for bigger and thicker flowers and max three layers for smaller flowers.
Step Ten: Put your flowers in the microwave and put a heavy microwave-safe dish on the top.
Step Eleven: Put the microwave on the lowest power and turn it on for one minute.
Step Twelve: Dance around the kitchen for a minute.
Step Thirteen: Check the flowers. If they are not dry, repeat Ssteps 11 and 12 until dry.
Step Fourteen: Draw your desired shape on a piece of paper. I use the eraser a lot at this stage as I am not good at drawing.
Step Fifteen: Fill inside or outside of your shape with pressed flowers and leaves using glue.
Pro tip 5: Do a preliminary arrangement before sticking everything down.
Step Sixteen: Fame your artwork.
Step seventeen: It’ s done. Go and see your mum, take your dog with you if possible.
Happy February guys! I’m excited for today’s DIY for a couple of reasons:
1. Valentines day decor is so dang cute.
2. This garland cost me like $2 to make
3. It is so easy, it’s hardly a DIY! So basically… WIN WIN WIN!
I was so excited when I came up with this love letter garland idea, I love that it’s classic valentines day decor, but a little more unique. I personally don’t decorate a ton for valentines day, so this super easy and inexpensive garland is so perfect for a little touch of V-day!
Okay, as I said this DIY is almost embarrassingly easy, sooo let’s just get to it!
SUPPLIES
Felt in colours: cream (2 sheets) red (1 sheet) and pink (1 sheet).
Black and white striped twine
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Free Printable
I made a free printable for you guys to cut out and use as a stencil like I did – it makes it way easier! Just enter your email below to download it!
DIRECTIONS
Print your free printable and cut out the envelope and heart shapes.
Trace the envelope shape onto your cream felt, then cut them out (I made 8 for mine).
Trace the heart shape onto both your pink and red felt (I did 4 of each).
Take your envelope felt pieces and fold the triangle part over to make an envelope shape, then hot glue it down. Repeat.
Hot glue your hearts onto your envelopes.
Lay your envelopes face down in a row. Make a strip of glue near the top of your envelope, and then glue the string on. Repeat. I just eyeballed the distance between each envelope.
That’s it! Hang up your cutie DIY Valentines Love Letter garland!
I can’t believe I’m saying this but… that’s it! So easy, I know, but this love letter garland totally delivers (pun intended lol). Anyways, I hope this garland makes you smile, like it does for me!
As always, if you make it, pretty please DM or tag me @savvynana! I can’t wait to see your cute valentines day decor!!!
I know I said the Valentine Tissue Wreath was one of my favorite Valentines craft, but this button craft is my favorite!
I absolutely love how this looks on my mantel right now. It glimmers and shines in the light.
Henry started with sorting buttons in a muffin tin. (I was planning on only using reds, pinks, and whites.) This would be a great way activity for older toddlers learning colors, I’ve shared a bunch of toddler learning activities for colors, shapes, letters and numbers.
What you’ll need to make this Heart Button Craft:
1 Red 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper
1 Pink 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper
School Glue
Buttons in all different colors and sizes (the brighter the better!)
This heart button craft is a colorful and pretty Valentine craft and can be a fun learning activity for kids too!
I know I said the Valentine Tissue Wreath was one of my favorite Valentines craft, but this button craft is my favorite!
MORE ACTIVITIES YOU MIGHT LIKE
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I absolutely love how this looks on my mantel right now. It glimmers and shines in the light.
Henry started with sorting buttons in a muffin tin. (I was planning on only using reds, pinks, and whites.) This would be a great way activity for older toddlers learning colors, I’ve shared a bunch of toddler learning activities for colors, shapes, letters and numbers.
What you’ll need to make this Heart Button Craft:
1 Red 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper
1 Pink 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper
School Glue
Buttons in all different colors and sizes (the brighter the better!)
I cut out a large heart from the red piece of 12×12 scrapbook paper and made a swirl design in glue around and around the shape of the heart.
Henry just added buttons as he liked all around the heart until it was filled up. I joined him in adding buttons just as an activity for us to do together.
Henry wouldn’t have it with my previously mentioned color selection and used every single color. But I think that adds a lot of character to the heart as compared to if it was all reds and pinks. This surely brightens it up a lot!
Then I glued the completed button heart onto the pink piece of scrapbook paper at and angle to make it fit nicely and then propped it up against a picture frame on my mantel… and its oh-so-pretty.
We have an awesome cupcake store in our neighborhood and every now and then we take the kids by to enjoy a special treat. Without fail, their eyes are always drawn to the most colorful cupcakes in the display case. My kids may have no idea how a red velvet cupcake made with crimson food dye actually tastes, but put something like it in front of them and their immediate response is, “that one”.
My take on these cupcakes have a rich flavor, and while they aren’t as artificially red as the red velvet cupcakes which use chemical food dyes (and of course chocolate which this one doesn’t include), they (and their icing) get their bright, reddish-pink color from a surprising, delicious and 100% natural guest, roasted beets. Especially given the never-ending speculation about the connection between food dyes and hyperactivity in children, having smart alternatives for the artificially colored food that kids crave means I don’t have to deprive my little ones.
This doesn’t mean we’re not frequenting our local cupcake store any less often, but I always like reminding myself that whenever there’s something out there I may not be thrilled about my kids eating, figuring out how to make a healthier version is not at all impossible.
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
1 large beet, roasted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Beet Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup beet puree
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Sift the first 4 ingredients into a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients.
4. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and combine.
5. Pour about 1/3 cup into lined muffin tins and bake for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
6. Cool completely before frosting.
Beet Cream Cheese Frosting (Make 2 Cups)
1. Place all the ingredients in a mixer and beat on medium to high speed until fluffy. 2. Spread on cupcakes.
Valentine’s Day to my kids pretty much equate to pizza parties and candy – so I thought this fun Valentine’s Day Pizza Paper Plate craft would be a fun activity with them! It’s super easy to do with a class size of preschoolers or students and you can just swap out markers instead of paint for less mess!
Pizza Valentine’s Paper Plate Craft Materials:
2 paper plates Red, yellow, and brown craft paint Red foam sheet or colored paper Paint brushes
Black Sharpie marker Scissors
Hot glue / glue gun or glue stick
1. Place an old piece of newspaper onto your craft surface before you start.
2. Use your scissors to cut the sides off of one paper plate to make a large triangle.
3. Paint the slanted sides red for the sauce and let dry (use a hair dryer for a quicker dry time).
4. Then paint yellow inside the red outline for the cheese and let dry.
5. Next paint the top brown for the crust and let dry.
6. Cut several different sized small hearts from your craft foam or colored paper and glue them onto your pizza slice.
7. Now glue your pizza slice onto your paper plate and write “You stole a pizza my heart” onto your plate.
